Peter Barlis

Advances in three-dimensional coronary imaging and computational fluid dynamics: is virtual fractional flow reserve more than just a pretty picture? | Cardiology | University of Melbourne Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has shown a high success rate in the treatment of coronary artery disease. The decision to perform PCI often relies on the cardiologist’s visual interpretation of coronary lesions during angiography.

Optical coherence tomography to evaluate coronary stent implantation and complications August 12, 2015 | Cardiology | Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, University of Melbourne Coronary optical coherence tomography (OCT) is now an established imaging technique in many catheterization laboratories worldwide.

In 1812, John Warren published a description of chest symptoms that he called angina pectoris, without knowledge of the underlying pathogenesis, although, at the time, coronary ‘ossifications’ were being noted during anatomical dissections.1 In the late 19th century, physiologists noticed that occlusion of the coronary artery of a dog resulted in ‘quivering’ of the ventricles and was rapidly fatal.2,3 Around this time it was suggested that coronary thrombosis was the cause of MI.4 In the...